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Post-Cabinet press conference: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces repeal of Labour’s Three Waters under urgency
NZ Herald
12 Feb, 2024 03:45 PM
Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference
The Government will repeal the controversial Three Waters reforms by 23 February and will pass two two laws to replace it – the first by mid 2024 followed by the long-term replacement by mid 2025.
“The Government will pass a bill to repeal Labour’s divisive and unpopular Three Waters legislation by 23 February 2024 as part of our 100-day plan. This will restore continued local council ownership and control of water services, and responsibility for service delivery,” Brown said.
The repeal law would include some provisions to allow councils to address water services in their long-term plans ahead of the permanent changes.
He said the government’s replacement would be put in place through two separate pieces of legislation. A technical advisory group was being set up to advise on the implementation of it.
Brown said the first bill would be passed by the middle of this year and would set out provisions related to council service delivery plans and transitional economic regulation.
That would include streamlined rules for setting up council-controlled organisations under the Local Government Act 2002 to allow councils to start moving the delivery of water services into more financially sustainable configurations, if they wished to do so.
The second bill would set up the long-term replacement regime. It would be introduced by December, and passed by mid-2025 – just ahead of local body elections in October that year.
He said that second bill would also set up regulatory backstop powers, to be used if councils were failing to meet the requirements to deliver financially sustainable and safe water services.
The long term regime would include requirements for financial sustainability, an economic regulation regime, and a new range of structural and financing tools for councils.
Those included a new type of financially independent council-controlled organisation.
It would also change the water regulator’s legislation to ensure it was fit for purpose and workable for drinking water suppliers.
He said the technical advisory group would include experts in finance, infrastructure and local government. It would provide advice on policy and legislation that would allow local councils to appropriately recover costs and access the long-term debt needed to fund the required investment in water infrastructure.
The Technical Advisory Group members
Andreas Heuser (chair), managing director at Castalia Limited. Andreas has a background in economic and policy projects specialising in energy sector strategy, water reform, and natural resource economics.
Raveen Jaduram, director of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission. Raveen has a background in water infrastructure, including six years as the Chief Executive of Watercare.
Wendy Walker, chief executive of Porirua City Council. Wendy has a background in local government, strategic planning, and public management.
Mark Reese, partner at Chapman Tripp. Mark specialises in finance and infrastructure and has knowledge and experience across legal and financial aspects of project and asset financing.
Simon Weston, chief executive of Whangārei District Council. Simon has a background in infrastructure, construction and local government in the United Kingdom, Auckland, and Northland.
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NZ Herald
12 Feb, 2024 03:45 PM
Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference
The Government will repeal the controversial Three Waters reforms by 23 February and will pass two two laws to replace it – the first by mid 2024 followed by the long-term replacement by mid 2025.
“The Government will pass a bill to repeal Labour’s divisive and unpopular Three Waters legislation by 23 February 2024 as part of our 100-day plan. This will restore continued local council ownership and control of water services, and responsibility for service delivery,” Brown said.
The repeal law would include some provisions to allow councils to address water services in their long-term plans ahead of the permanent changes.
He said the government’s replacement would be put in place through two separate pieces of legislation. A technical advisory group was being set up to advise on the implementation of it.
Brown said the first bill would be passed by the middle of this year and would set out provisions related to council service delivery plans and transitional economic regulation.
That would include streamlined rules for setting up council-controlled organisations under the Local Government Act 2002 to allow councils to start moving the delivery of water services into more financially sustainable configurations, if they wished to do so.
The second bill would set up the long-term replacement regime. It would be introduced by December, and passed by mid-2025 – just ahead of local body elections in October that year.
He said that second bill would also set up regulatory backstop powers, to be used if councils were failing to meet the requirements to deliver financially sustainable and safe water services.
The long term regime would include requirements for financial sustainability, an economic regulation regime, and a new range of structural and financing tools for councils.
Those included a new type of financially independent council-controlled organisation.
It would also change the water regulator’s legislation to ensure it was fit for purpose and workable for drinking water suppliers.
He said the technical advisory group would include experts in finance, infrastructure and local government. It would provide advice on policy and legislation that would allow local councils to appropriately recover costs and access the long-term debt needed to fund the required investment in water infrastructure.
The Technical Advisory Group members
Andreas Heuser (chair), managing director at Castalia Limited. Andreas has a background in economic and policy projects specialising in energy sector strategy, water reform, and natural resource economics.
Raveen Jaduram, director of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission. Raveen has a background in water infrastructure, including six years as the Chief Executive of Watercare.
Wendy Walker, chief executive of Porirua City Council. Wendy has a background in local government, strategic planning, and public management.
Mark Reese, partner at Chapman Tripp. Mark specialises in finance and infrastructure and has knowledge and experience across legal and financial aspects of project and asset financing.
Simon Weston, chief executive of Whangārei District Council. Simon has a background in infrastructure, construction and local government in the United Kingdom, Auckland, and Northland.
Govt to repeal Three Waters reforms
Coalition government set to repeal Three Waters this week.
So, I wonder, what will replace it to fix all of new zealand's urgent water problems?Post-Cabinet press conference: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces repeal of Labour’s Three Waters under urgency
NZ Herald
12 Feb, 2024 03:45 PM
Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference
The Government will repeal the controversial Three Waters reforms by 23 February and will pass two two laws to replace it – the first by mid 2024 followed by the long-term replacement by mid 2025.
“The Government will pass a bill to repeal Labour’s divisive and unpopular Three Waters legislation by 23 February 2024 as part of our 100-day plan. This will restore continued local council ownership and control of water services, and responsibility for service delivery,” Brown said.
The repeal law would include some provisions to allow councils to address water services in their long-term plans ahead of the permanent changes.
He said the government’s replacement would be put in place through two separate pieces of legislation. A technical advisory group was being set up to advise on the implementation of it.
Brown said the first bill would be passed by the middle of this year and would set out provisions related to council service delivery plans and transitional economic regulation.
That would include streamlined rules for setting up council-controlled organisations under the Local Government Act 2002 to allow councils to start moving the delivery of water services into more financially sustainable configurations, if they wished to do so.
The second bill would set up the long-term replacement regime. It would be introduced by December, and passed by mid-2025 – just ahead of local body elections in October that year.
He said that second bill would also set up regulatory backstop powers, to be used if councils were failing to meet the requirements to deliver financially sustainable and safe water services.
The long term regime would include requirements for financial sustainability, an economic regulation regime, and a new range of structural and financing tools for councils.
Those included a new type of financially independent council-controlled organisation.
It would also change the water regulator’s legislation to ensure it was fit for purpose and workable for drinking water suppliers.
He said the technical advisory group would include experts in finance, infrastructure and local government. It would provide advice on policy and legislation that would allow local councils to appropriately recover costs and access the long-term debt needed to fund the required investment in water infrastructure.
The Technical Advisory Group members
Andreas Heuser (chair), managing director at Castalia Limited. Andreas has a background in economic and policy projects specialising in energy sector strategy, water reform, and natural resource economics.
Raveen Jaduram, director of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission. Raveen has a background in water infrastructure, including six years as the Chief Executive of Watercare.
Wendy Walker, chief executive of Porirua City Council. Wendy has a background in local government, strategic planning, and public management.
Mark Reese, partner at Chapman Tripp. Mark specialises in finance and infrastructure and has knowledge and experience across legal and financial aspects of project and asset financing.
Simon Weston, chief executive of Whangārei District Council. Simon has a background in infrastructure, construction and local government in the United Kingdom, Auckland, and Northland.
Govt to repeal Three Waters reforms
Coalition government set to repeal Three Waters this week.
Loading the bases already - Castalia - https://www.dia.govt.nz/commentary-on-castalia-reports-three-waters-reform-programme
Castalia are Public Private Partnership experts - amazing how they're miraculously appointed to the Technical Advisory Group
Public private partnership: Building institutions and capacity - Castalia
We help clients to create capacity to appraise and implement public private partnerships by developing guidelines and process manuals and assessing and implementing pioneering transactions.
castalia-advisors.com
UTTERLY CORRUPT.
NZWarriors.com
Don't forget to wear your crash helmet when going outside Henny PennySo, I wonder, what will replace it to fix all of new zealand's urgent water problems?
Loading the bases already - Castalia - https://www.dia.govt.nz/commentary-on-castalia-reports-three-waters-reform-programme
Castalia are Public Private Partnership experts - amazing how they're miraculously appointed to the Technical Advisory Group
Public private partnership: Building institutions and capacity - Castalia
We help clients to create capacity to appraise and implement public private partnerships by developing guidelines and process manuals and assessing and implementing pioneering transactions.
UTTERLY CORRUPT.
Who are Castalia?
Making water secondary to profit
castalia-advisors.com
Yes, the blogger is left, but can't fault what he outlines. It's all factual.
Making water secondary to profit
Public private partnership: Building institutions and capacity - Castalia
We help clients with building institutions and capacity using public private partnership. We advise clients on how best to determine a project's PPP viability, and develop procurement systems consistent with policy objectives. We focus on maximizing value for money from government funds and...
castalia-advisors.com
Yes, the blogger is left, but can't fault what he outlines. It's all factual.
Bit of a worry.Who are Castalia?
Making water secondary to profit
Public private partnership: Building institutions and capacity - Castalia
We help clients with building institutions and capacity using public private partnership. We advise clients on how best to determine a project's PPP viability, and develop procurement systems consistent with policy objectives. We focus on maximizing value for money from government funds and...
Yes, the blogger is left, but can't fault what he outlines. It's all factual.
Are you saying you don't trust this guy not to sell off provision of our water resources to rich corporates?
NZWarriors.com
Your seem to continuously get confused between what is an opinion and what is factual.
What do you think Robin, private investment introduces the factor of making a profit, that's a bit of an ideological dilemma. What do we do, buy shares and hope dividends offset any increased water charges?
Shit that's a fair bit of cash for a 2bedroom unit.
Are there lots of FHB that are moaning or unrealistic? Mind you, I can probably see some animosity with the market if FHB are purchasing a 'do'er up'er' in Auckland for $800,000+.
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Look into his eyes and tell me if he has a soulyes.
Well Wonder Woman, I'd suggest you buy a crash helmet too.
'Andreas had led an alternative water reform plan with councils who opposed the Three Waters plans. Castalia proposed that instead councils address their financial needs through “a mix of standard utility financing and targeted government support”. Which is a different way of saying a Private/Public partnership"
It's not a fucking donation!
NZWarriors.com
It's souled.
like Simeon Brown's new press secretaryCome on mate, how can he compete when you are used to looking at Chloe's?
She could sell me the plan to sieze control of the means of production anytime
NZWarriors.com
Not really. Pick a link, any link.
Did you vote for privatisation of assets at mass scale and selling off our natural resources?
She already has the answer to the water infrastructure but no one seems to listen or they take it completely out of context.
From the river to the sea .....
Looking at this thread we have a typical nz debate about serious issues with different parties pulling in different directions and we end up with no solutions.
No wonder we are fuckin going backwards
No wonder we are fuckin going backwards
NZWarriors.com
Already have. Already did. Even bought you the T-shirt.
Again, there you go, it's just an acorn mate.
Don't forget Atlas network pulling the strings in the shadow kingdom
